Table of Contents

This study is provided by ICPSR.
ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis
for a diverse and expanding social science research community.

County and City Data Book [United States] Consolidated File: City Data, 1944-1977 (ICPSR 7735)

Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census

Summary:

This study is a compendium of data for all cities in the
United States with populations greater than 25,000 in the period
1944-1977. The data provide diverse information ranging from city
government activities to population estimates and characteristics to
housing unit descriptors. Included is information on city government
revenues, property taxes, capital outlay, and debts, and expenditures
on education, highways, public welfare, health and hospitals, and
police, as well as infor... (more info)

This study is a compendium of data for all cities in the
United States with populations greater than 25,000 in the period
1944-1977. The data provide diverse information ranging from city
government activities to population estimates and characteristics to
housing unit descriptors. Included is information on city government
revenues, property taxes, capital outlay, and debts, and expenditures
on education, highways, public welfare, health and hospitals, and
police, as well as information on births, deaths, schooling, labor
force, employment, family income, family characteristics, electoral
votes, number of registered voters, and housing characteristics.
Additional variables provide information on manufacturing, retail and
wholesale trade, banking, mineral industries, farm population,
agriculture, crime, and weather. See also the related data
collection, COUNTY AND CITY DATA BOOK [UNITED STATES] CONSOLIDATED
FILE: COUNTY DATA, 1947-1977 (ICPSR 7736).

Dataset(s)

Study Description

Citation

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. COUNTY AND CITY DATA BOOK [UNITED STATES] CONSOLIDATED FILE: CITY DATA, 1944-1977. ICPSR version. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1978. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2008-04-14. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07735.v1

Universe:
All incorporated and nonincorporated cities in the entire
United States with a population greater than 25,000 in the period
1944-1977.

Data Types:
administrative records data, and aggregate data

Data Collection Notes:

(1) The codebook is provided by ICPSR as a Portable
Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by
Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader
software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to
obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web
site. (2) In this hierarchical file, the data are ordered by city
within state. All of the data for one area are presented in a group
of five records for the total sample of 1,014 record groups.

Methodology

Data Source:

United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the
Census. COUNTY AND CITY DATA BOOKS. Washington, DC: United States
Government Printing Office, 1944-1977.

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release:1984-06-20

Version History:

2008-04-14 SAS, SPSS, and Stata setup files have
been added to this data collection.